| A helpful diet for many kids, teens and adults on the | | | | tissue, etc. and can be very irritating and painful. |
| Autism spectrum is the low oxalate diet (LOD). The | | | | The children who tend to have high oxalates can be |
| vulvodynia foundation was the first organization to use | | | | irritable, aggravated, show aggression or other |
| this diet. Women with vulvodynia suffer from pain and | | | | negative behaviors, can have poor sleep and |
| inflammation from the accumulation of oxalates in their | | | | coordination, all as a result of these painful crystals. |
| vaginal tissue. | | | | Starting your child on a low oxalate diet can help with |
| Another group that has found the low oxalate diet | | | | those behaviors as the oxalate load in the body is |
| useful is those suffering from kidney stones. We also | | | | reduced and so is that pain and discomfort. Digestive |
| see children on the Autism spectrum who have a | | | | inflammation can also be helped through the use of the |
| problem with high accumulation of oxalates in their | | | | low oxalate diet. |
| bodies and can benefit from a low oxalate diet. | | | | The gluten and casein free diet (GFCF) and the |
| Oxalates are organic compounds found in various | | | | specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) are also very |
| foods like spinach and almonds. Oxalates are | | | | beneficial diets for children with Autism but it can get |
| commonly seen in green veggies, some fruits and nuts. | | | | confusing as to which is the best for your child. If you |
| A good resource for low oxalate foods is | | | | have your child on a gluten and casein free diet and |
| lowoxalate.info. That website is run by an independent | | | | haven't seen a lot of results, this could be a good |
| researcher named Susan Owens who has given the | | | | addition. |
| Autism community much information on oxalates. | | | | The low oxalate diet can also be helpful for those |
| Accumulation of oxalates in susceptible adults can lead | | | | whose child is on the specific carbohydrate diet and |
| to kidney stones. Beginning a low oxalate diet can be a | | | | who still see unresolved bowel issues, aggression, |
| helpful first step to resolving them. | | | | agitation, poor sleep, poor coordination and self injurious |
| When you have oxalate formation in the body and | | | | behavior. |
| look at them under a microscope, they appear as | | | | High oxalates can also cause poor mineral absorption |
| jagged, pointy edged crystals. These jagged, pointy | | | | and utilization since they bind with minerals, causing |
| crystals can accumulate in any tissue of the body | | | | your child's blood work to show lower levels of |
| such as the kidneys, nervous system, joints, muscle | | | | minerals. |